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18 Comments

Ange
May 16, 2017 at 10:14 am

i didn’t see the cleanser or the lipstick, both of which would have been my choice 😐

500 points for a single sheet mask?!? They have really raised the points needed to redeem. A single sheet mask used to be 100 points. Seeing as points expire, it is going to be hard to save enough points to redeem for anything.

I understand it’s harder than it used to be but we have to remember these are FREE EXTRA ITEMS. They could just offer no points at all no matter how many months you’ve been subscribing, and it would still be a popular sub because it’s a good deal. We’re not necessarily entitled to more, since I doubt many (or any) subscribers joined because of the points system.

You’re right; they can take away whatever benefits they choose; however, an announcement that the points system is changing is what a company would do if they respected their clients and wanted to take accountability for their actions.

Instead, they are slowly increasing the amount of points we need in order to redeem items, so the complaints about this are slowly spread out over months, and they don’t have to deal with major backlash.

It’s sneaky & underhanded, and Ipsy should be more transparent with its user base.

I disagree completely. Nothing Ipsy has done with the Points system lately is underhanded or sneaky.

For WEEKS, every complaint on the FB page was that there were never any points items. Or nobody wanted the points items there. People complained and complained and complained. So, Ipsy raised the points prices for some of the items. Subscribers have no one to blame but themselves/other subscribers for ruining a wonderful perk.

Ipsy also has been fairly straightforward about the Points situation when asked about it.

There’s the rare are hourglass or jouer item for 1000 points which seems impossible but then consider the price if you tried to buy it on your own. I’m going to review regardless. I would have a hard time dropping more than $20 on a foundation and that’s also considering drugstore foundations oxidize to orange on me.

I already claimed the Noyah lipstick in Smoke but my confirmation email said either Smoke or Curant News but I suspect it was just recycling the link from the month it was featured (October?) So just a heads up there.